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From: rm3@stc06.ornl.gov (MCBROOM R C)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Sound Level Control on PC's
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Date: 12 Feb 91 17:22:48 GMT
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In article <16110007@col.hp.com> ppa@col.hp.com (Paul Austgen) writes:
>I think that the volume is pretty much on or off, as the speaker
>is pulsed from an IO port.  The so-called software volume
>controls usually overcome this programming based on timer clock
>ticks.


The speaker is a lot more versatile than you think.  The following is from 
a Nov. thread.

--Date: 16 Nov 90 02:15:28 GMT
--Reply-To: david@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (David Chappell)
--Organization: Computer and Technologies Theme Program
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--  In the past year, I have developed a method for playing good quality
--digitized sound on ANY PC without the use of extra hardware.  I have
--written several programs to use this method, including several general
-sound players and a few demos.
-  If you are interested in getting copies of my work, it is available via
-anonymous ftp.  The site name is  hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu and the
-numerical address is 128.109.153.75
-After logging on, change directory to pub/sound
-There you can find the latest copy of any and all availble files.  Note
-that initially there will be few files available, but as I update my
-programs and write new ones, more files will be available.  All sound
-packages will be compressed with PKZIP.  I've also included several
-digitized sample files (*.VOC, *.IFF, *.SND) in the same directory.
-  If you are interested in source code, it is available as file paper.text.
-The paper includes full documentation on how to duplicate my effort.s
-  If you can't ftp, I'll mail you a disk (specify 5.25" or 3.5") with programs
-and sound samples if you'll send a $5 donation (US dollars) to:
-     David T. Chappell,  242 Stonewall Road,  Salisbury, NC 28144
-  If you have any problems, questions, or comments, please write.
-
-
--
-David T. Chappell        david@catt.ncsu.edu

He's added even more stuff since then. :-)

Robert McBroom internet: rm3@ornl.gov